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I don't want Christmas to end. It is strange how these vintage ornaments have darkened on the top like this. All of them are like this. Maybe it is more exposure to the light or air?
bits of bone, wasp nest, beach glass and pottery, seed pods and silk worm cocoons. What do you collect?
Bittern Booming A Bit at Minsmere (during yet another gale). There is definitely at least one boom in this at about 29s in.
Shot using:
Sony A7RII
Sony FE200600 lens @ 600mm F6.3
Gitzo GT3543LS tripod
Gitzo Gimbal Head
Shot in 4K @ 3840x2160 and then image cropped (not shrunk) to HD @ 1920x1080
Original footage a lot longer.
Sorry for I haven't uploaded photos since june.However, I promise that I'll have some time to upload more pics.
My favorite bit of 2021 has been hanging out with you fmspadsters all year long. I feel like I’ve revived some of my old Insta friendships from my last year long run and made some new Insta friends too. You’ve made me get out of the house, most of the time, to hunt down a picture for the day. So here’s my effort for today. This building was built as a Key Savings & Loan Bank branch. It was designed by Charles Deaton and completed in 1967 which puts it two years inside the official mid-century modern time period. It is now a listed on the National Register of Historic Places for architecture. Charles Deaton was the architect that built the house featured in Woody Allen’s movie Sleepers. I’m not sure when Key Savings and Loan went away but now the building houses a Community Banks of Colorado branch.
The morning of SDCC, I made a stop a bit further south of San Diego to shoot Natasha. We'd met on Flickr, and since I was going to be down there for four solid days of nerding out, I thought it'd be nice to get in at least one honest to god shoot. So nice & early, I went to her house and we had ourselves a good ol' time.
Now, some of you might remember the last time I did a shoot involving nudes, it was a bit...awkward on my part, to say the least. I didn't know what to do with my eyes or my thoughts or anything, really.
This time, oh so different. Maybe it was because I didn't know Natasha beforehand. Maybe it was because I focused on the shots. Maybe it was because I knew what to expect from myself.
Whatever the reason, it went smooth as can be, she was a great model, very easy to direct, very relaxed. Loved looking at her through the lens. I think what made it easier was, yeah, my focusing on the shots, on making the background and her work together, on getting her where I wanted for the shot. Because last time, if the shots didn't come out, oh well, she was a friend, no big deal.
But here I asked a stranger to take her shirt off. These shots come out bad, it'd definitely make me look like a supercreep.
Fortunately, they did not, so I do not.
Once I get some spare cash, I'll develop the medium format shots, which I think are gonna turn out really awesome. Long as they turn out at all.
Which reminds me, it's PAYDAY. Rent's still due around here, so any money you wanna throw my way would be greatly appreciated. Prints, original Polaroids, signed copies of my book, all available at my website. Which you can find on MY PROFILE PAGE..
Mother and daughter having a moment of complicity in one of the many small passages connecting the back streets of gion.
Bit of a thick head today after a nice evening out in Town last night and I'm definitely not in the mood.
The usual Sunday walk and captured a few half arsed Bluebell shots in the woods.
A flip in PS to the recue and there you go.
This is number 115 of my366.
A bit of magic when bluebell bloom in the forest of Hallerbos in Belgium.
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La forêt de Hallerbos en Belgique devient magique lorsque les jacinthes des bois sont en fleurs.
I'm a bit of a mixed-up girl aren't I neither one thing or the other. I suppose I shouldn't really be so pleased with my enigma as I became Jojo in the first place because my life as Christopher wasn't straightforward either maybe people sensed something wasn't quite right. The difference though this time is instead of it stopping me from growing now I have much more choice and control and I feel now I've done it I don't have to hold back if I don't want to. Being what I am is radical enough for most people as it is and I now have a great deal of freedom as whatever I get up to is probably no worse than many imagine I do already. Yes I know I keep writing about my life as though I am riddled with dilemma and uncertainty but that isn't true it's just that I can't just write nothing under my pictures. I guess communicating makes me feel good and helps me to think but to be honest I go about my everyday life and people I meet just treats me like any other ordinary person so in a way because they can see what I am not means they are more understanding about what I am. So as they say it's always better to tell the truth.
digital draw-paint
for those unfamiliar with the term..
"To get my face on" is a casual phrase that means to apply makeup to your face, essentially getting yourself ready by putting on cosmetic
At Arnold Young's scrapyard near Manchester, owner said that D1011 was in the pile of scrap 09/01/1980
Bit of a flap going on when these where allocated 6V62 Fawley to Tavistock Jn but most thought they'd end up 'ripped' at Westbury. They went through however seen here about to leave the mainline at their desination in failing light.
The annual first saturday in december christmas market renews in Petworth, West Sussex and it's feeling a bit like Christmas under a cold december sunset.
Out of the three horses, ours took the lead. There was some cable work running across one road as we went through the village, we noticed this horse went up on the pavement rather than going over it. Here he seemed to want to get past our horse but we stayed ahead. I was rather relieved not to have been in his carriage! 😮
whenever I try something new--a new hairdo, a new dress, a new blouse--I never quite know how it will work until I wear it under "battlefield conditions." I have been surprised both ways--sad disappointment, and unexpected elation.
Been a couple months and a bit of frustration since the last time I was able to log on. It was all that Google/Yahoo thing they did that locked me out of this account. But now that I'm back, it's good to be back. ^^
It may take a while to get updated on things. I have 340 contact notifications, so yeah, with take a while to get through all those and caught up there. <.<
So anyways, can consider this my spooky Halloween pic, if you like. I just happen to enjoy playing with shadows and depth of field. And no, this is not on the XP. It's on a HP running Windows 8. Still waiting to try Windows 10, but the jury's still out on that one...
Bit of a story with this one as the 6 amigos set up when the midgys attacked so Ian Ball, Andi 86311, Tinsley Tyke and myself don the midgy nets looking like bank robbers whilst Tom & Sparky are exposed to attack as double pinky Skodas 90018 "Pride of Bellshill & 040 accelerate away from Abington loop round the curve at Castle Hill with 4m25 Mossend-Daventry intermodal. (pole)
There was just one kayak on the lake when friends and I spent a bit of time at Bow Lake. I love it when this happens, as it gives a better idea of just what a massive slab of rock they are passing.
Three days ago, on 23 June 2018, I had the wonderful chance to return to two of my favourite places in the mountains - Bow Lake and Peyto Lake. This was thanks to the annual Bus Trip for Nature Calgary, with each year being to a different location in Alberta. These two Lakes are too far for me to drive (roughly two and a half hours), but mainly because they are way out of my driving comfort zone. I think I have only ever been to Peyto Lake twice before, the first time being something like 38 years ago, and the second time being in August 2013. Almost 40 years ago, I fell in love with Bow Lake, my absolute favourite place. I have been lucky enough to visit it a handful of times in recent years.
Unfortunately, we couldn't capture the beautiful, really deep turquoise colour that Peyto lake is so well known for. Too many low clouds and an overcast, damp day, but you can still see the beauty of this lake and its gorgeous surroundings. The forecast that I had seen for this whole area had been for snow-rain showers, with a high temperature of 12C and a low of 1C. Though the day started off with rain, we were lucky that we only had a few raindrops while we were out walking. It was really dreary weather, though, which was not good as far as photography was concerned.
Our first stop was at Peyto Lake, where we walked the short distance to the wooden Lookout deck. From there, we hiked a loop through the forest, finding a few wildflowers and some beautiful Orange Peel Fungus. On the way back to the Lookout, you really need to be very careful to take a path that leads back to the correct parking lot! The last few people took the wrong path and ended up waiting for a bus that never came for them. So easily done. They were eventually found, but after a long delay.
"Peyto Lake (pea-toe) is a glacier-fed lake located in Banff National Park in the Canadian Rockies. The lake itself is easily accessed from the Icefields Parkway. It was named for Ebenezer William Peyto, an early trail guide and trapper in the Banff area. The lake is formed in a valley of the Waputik Range, between Caldron Peak, Peyto Peak and Mount Jimmy Simpson, at an elevation of 1,860 m (6,100 ft). During the summer, significant amounts of glacial rock flour flow into the lake, and these suspended rock particles give the lake a bright, turquoise color. Because of its bright color, photos of the lake often appear in illustrated books, and area around the lake is a popular sightseeing spot for tourists in the park. The lake is best seen from Bow Summit, the highest point on the Icefield Parkway. The lake is fed by the Peyto Creek, which drains water from the Caldron Lake and Peyto Glacier (part of the Wapta Icefield), and flows into the Mistaya River."
wikimapia.org/655560/Peyto-lake
From Peyto Lake, we drove to the nearby Bow Lake, which just takes my breath away. I had told a couple of friends how beautiful it is, but that the best kind of day to visit is a sunny day with absolutely calm lake water so that reflections are seen. Well, that was definitely not the kind of day we had, but one makes the best of what one gets. We spent time there, walking part way along the edge of the lake, looking for any bird and wildflower species, and simply soaking up the amazing beauty of our surroundings.
www.travelalberta.com/ca/listings/bow-lake-1997/
On the way back to Calgary, we were very lucky to notice a handful of cars that had pulled over on the side of the road. This always makes one wonder if a bear has been sighted. Sure enough, our bus driver slowed down and stopped for a short while to allow us to take a few photos. After a few minutes, I heard our organizer tell someone (or more than one person) to stop using flash, as it was stressing out the bear. Tell me, just WHY would anyone think it was OK to use flash on a wild animal that was just a few feet away from our bus!!! An animal that was busy feeding on dandelions and had been taking no notice of us. A photo I posted yesterday shows a moment that the bear raised its head and stared in that photographer's direction. So maddening when photographers don't have respect for wildlife and just don't think! I happened to be sitting on the 'wrong' side of the bus and had two or three rows of people who were sitting or standing up, all trying to get their shots in between the people in front of them. So, my photos are not good, but serve as a record of having had the privilege of seeing such a beautiful creature.
A final, short stop on the way home was near Castle Mountain, which is a very impressive sight. It also has an interesting history, which I will add when I eventually post a photo taken there.
Many thanks, Penny, for organizing our trip to such perfect places! I know a huge amount of work goes into making all the plans - thanks, too, to John for helping out with this. A very successful and most enjoyable outing. Shirley and Pam - I greatly appreciated your driving to meeting places here in the city!
Hello, this month has been difficult and in my work it has been noticed because instead of affectionate penises I have made the decision to cut them into very small pieces, that they go preparing for Halloween, that I have discovered many ideas full of blood
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